Ironing and sleeve board



Aug. 20, 1929. B. BRYAN 1,725,614

' IRONING AND SLEEVE BOARD jerifiiymv ATTORNEY B. BRYAN inomue AND SLEEVE BOARD Aug. 20, 1929.

Filed June 9, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet Jeri/ y ATTOR NEY Aug. 20, 1929.

B. BRYAN IRONING AND BOARD Filed Jim 9, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES BERT BRYAN, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA.

IRONING AND SLEEVE BOARD.

Application filed June 9, 1928. Serial No. 28%,121.

An object of this invention is to provide a cabinet ironing board, in which the board may be swung into stored position in the cabinet and likewise swung outward of the cabinet to ironing or operative position, together with means for rigidly locking the board to the cabinet when in either of its said positions.

A further object is the provision of an ironing board and a cabinet therefor, the said cabinet having vertical guides on the sides thereof, a slide vertically movable in said guides, an ironing board hinged to the slide to permit of the said board being swung into or out of the cabinet, together with means for adjustably locking the movable parts when the board is swung through the cabinet for rigidly supporting the board in such position and looking or latching means for holding the board and slide in the cabinet, together with a sleeve board which is also hingedly associated with the slide and which is provided with brace means for effectively supporting the same when swung outwardly through the cabinet.

A further object is the provision of an ironing board which has a continuous groove through its sides and outer end, the said board designed to have arranged thereover a covering cloth, together with spring clamps of a novel construction which are received in the groove to bind the covering cloth therein for removably sustaining the covering cloth on the board.

To the attainment of the above broadly stated objects and others which will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better'understood, the invention further resides in certain other novel features of construction, combination and operative association of parts, a satisfactory embodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, with the ironing board swung outwardly through the cabinet.

Figure 2 is a face view showing the parts arranged in the cabinet.

Figure 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view with the parts arranged in the position illustrated by Figure 1, the sleeve board being also moved to operative position.

Figure 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line M of Figure ,2, the door of the cabinet being closed. I

iacent to its lower end Figure 5 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a tansverse sectional view approximately on the line 66 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary perspective view to illustrate the manner in which the covering cloth is clamped on the ironing board.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the spring clamps disclosed by Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Figure 7 but showing the covering cloth engaged by a modified form of clamp.

Figure 10 is a perspective view of the clamp disclosed by Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a view substantially similar to Figure 1 but illustrating a slight modification.

Figure 12 is a front elevation thereof with the parts folded.

Figure 13 is a transverse sectional view showing the ironing board and sleeve board swung through the cabinet to operative position.

Figure 14 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 1 11 i of Figure 13.

Figure 15 is a sectional view approximately on the line 15-15 of Figure 13,

Referring now to the drawings in detail and to Figures 1 to 6 in particular, the numeral 1 designates a substantially rectangular cabinet which is designed to have its open face closed by hinged doors 2. The cabinet may be let into a wall or the same may be supported in vertical position against a wall.

The cabinet has removably fixed therein, at the back and in a line with the sides thereof, vertically disposed guide strips 3. These strips have their confronting faces grooved and the said grooves receive therein reduced tongues 4: on a board or plate 5 that provides the slide of the improvement. The plate 5, on its outer face, is provided, ad-

strips 6, and to these strips there is hingedly secured, as at 7, the ironing board 8. The ironing board, between the hinges 7 has its end notched, as at 9.

Hinged to the strips 6, adjacent to the upper edge of the said strips there is a sleeve board 10. This sleeve board, between its hinges 11 is notched, as at 12, and hingedly secured to the outer or under face of the sleeve board 10, as indicated by the numeral th r is a P p The prop i movable with a pair of spaced into the notched portion 12 of the sleeve board 10, and likewise movable through the notched portion 9 of the ironing board 8. The outer face of the prop 14 may be provided with one or more transverse notches or depressions to receive thereln the lnner and upper corner provided by the notch 9 when the ironing board 8 and the sleeve board 10 are swung outwardly through the cabinet to substantially horizontal posltions. The inner end of the prop 14, when the boards 8 and 10 are so swung bears against the rear wall of the cabinet 1.

Hingedly secured, as at 15, to the outer or under face of the ironing board 8 there is the reduced end of a brace or prop 16. The prop is preferably in the nature of a wooden board or strip and has its edges cut at an inclination from its inner to its outer and hinged end. The prop 16, on its outer face, and adjacent to its widened corners has fixed thereon the casings for slidable bolts 18, and these bolts are designed to be re ceived in any one of a series of apertures 19 in the sides of the casing 1, when the board 8 is in outward operative position. When swung inwardly in the cabinet the bolts 18 are designed to be received in lower apertures 20 in the sides of the cabinet for holding both the sleeve and ironing board in vertical positions in the cabinet.

One or both of the edges of the slide 5, adjacent to the upper corners thereof have spaced apertures therein, and on the back of the cabinet there is arranged a slidable bolt 21 that is movable into any one of the said apertures.

By an arrangement as above described it is merely necessary to arrange the bolt 18 in the desired aperture 19 after the slide and the boards 8 and 10 have been moved upwardly in the cabinet and thereafter an outward pull upon the board 8 will swing the said board into its outer or operative position. The board may be adjustably and rigidly supported by the bolts 18 and 21. The sleeve board may be then swung outwardly through the cabinet to operative position and supported by the prop 14 in a manner as heretofore described. By this arrangement it will be noted that the boards may be arranged horizontally or at desired angles to suit the convenience of the user of the device, and also by such arrangement it will be seen that-when the boards are swung into the cabinet and the door 2 is closed the device presents a small and neat article of furniture.

Both of the boards 8 and 10 have their edges and their outer ends grooved, as at 22, the groove being continuous. Covering cloths 23 are, of course arranged over the boards 8 and 10, and the outer end and edges of this cloth extend downwardly over the edges and end of the boards. These depending portions of the cloth are forced into the groove 22 and are sustained therein by a spring clamp, such as illustrated by Fig ures 7 and 8 of the drawings or such as illustrated by Figures 9 and 10 of the drawings. In the showing of Figures 7 and 8, the clamp is constructed from a strand of spring wire to include straight arms 24 and 25, respectively. the connecting element 26 for the said arms being resilient forces the arms 24 and 25 away from each other, so that the same will frictionally contact with the folded portion of the covering cloth received in the groove and force the same into tight contact with the upper and lower walls provided by the said groove. From the arm 25 the spring wire is extended outwardly and is rounded upon itself, as at 27, and from thence formed with a spring finger 28 that is arranged at right angles with respect to the arms 24 and 25. This main finger underlies the board and forces the cloth thereagaiust, as disclosed by Figure 7 of the drawings. The cloth engaging clamp illustrated by Figures 9 and 10 is in the nature of a substantially Z-shaped spring metal plate, the active arms of which are indicated by the numerals 29 and 30, respectively, and the angle resilient connecting member for the arms is indicated by the numeral 31. The connecting element 31 forces the arms 29 and 30 away from each other and thereby effectively compresses the portion of the cloth received in the groove against the opposite walls provided by .such groove. By this simple arrangement it will be noted that the covering cloth may be easily and quickly clamped on the board and as readily removed therefrom.

In Figures 11 to 15 the cabinet 1 is similar to the cabinet 1 and has its open face normally closed by a door 2. The cabinethas arranged therein and secured to the sides thereof guide strips 3 for a slide 5. The upper edge of'the slide, 5 is centrally notched, as at 32, and hinged to the outer face of the slide and swingable within the notch 32, there is the sleeve board 33. The ironing board 34 has its inner end hinged to the slide 5, as at 35, the said ironing board being disposed below the sleeve board. The inner edge of the ironing board between the hinges 35, is notched as at 36 and fixed on the outer face of the slide approximately in a line with the center of the notch 36, there is a stop element 37 for a substantially U-shaped prop 38 whose arms are hingedly secured to the outer orunder face of the sleeve board 33. Hingedly secured to the outer or under face of the ironing board 34 andilikewise hingedly secured to a slide 50 in the cabinet, there is the prop 39 for the said ironing board. The slide 50 is movable V slide 50 is connected to the slide by cords or like flexible elements 51. In this manner it will be seen that the movement of the iron ing board to its horizontal or operative position or to its vertical or closed position influences the vertical movement of the slide 50 and that the binding action between the ironing board and the slide will assist in holding the said ironing board in its horizontal or operative position.

Fixed in any desired or preferred manner to the slide 5, at the top thereof there are sash cords lO and these cords are trained over grooved guide wheels ll which are journaled in casings 42 that are let through openings in the sides of the cabinet 1, adjacent to the top thereof. The casings for the grooved guide wheels are, of course, fixed to the sides of the cabinet and on the outer ends of the cords there are fixed counter balancing weights 4:3 for the slide and the boards associated therewith.

Hingedly secured in one or both sides of the cabinet to the rear of the sash cord 40 there is a plate 44. This plate is designed to be swung against the sash cord to bind the same against the side of the cabinet 1' and when so swung the plate is engaged by a pivoted latch T5 which holds the plate in tight contact with the sash cord. By this arrangement it will be seen that both the ironing and sleeve boards may be held either horizontally or at desired vertical angles when swung outwardly through the cabinet and likewise that the plate and the latch therefor may be employed for binding the sash cord against the side of the cabinet when the boards are swung into the cabinet.

The sleeve and ironing boards 33 and 34. have their edges and outer ends grooved, as

heretofore described and these grooves have tucked therein the depending or lapping portions of the covering sheets for the said boards and the said sheets are clamped in the grooves in a manner as heretofore described.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting, as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

Having described the invention, I claim: A device for the purpose set forth including a cabinet having guide strips on its sides adjacent to its rear wall, a plate slidable between the guide strips, flexible elements. connected to the slidable plate, guided through the sides of the cabinet and having counterbalancing weights on the ends thereof, a hinged plate swingable against one of the flexible elements to compress the same against the side of the cabinet, a pivoted latch for engaging the hinged plate when the latter is swung to such position and whereby the slidable plate is held from movement in the cabinet, an ironing board having its inner end hinged to the slidable plate, so that the said end of the ironing board will contact with the slidable plate when the board is swung to horizontal position and outwardly through the cabinet, flexible elements secured to and depending from the slidable plate, a slide guided by the guide strips and to which said elements are connected, and a prop having one end hingedly secured to the said slide and its second end hingedly secured to the under face of the ironing board.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

BERT BRYAN. 

